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Best Seat in the House

Prohibitions, party-fouls and penalties to know so you won’t be that guy during summer concert poaching
Avatar photo K.M. Collins

Many seasons ago, during the Old Mill District’s annual Michael Franti psychedelic musical time-space continuum trip, a man in a capsized canoe T-boned my raft just before nightfall. Knowledgeable paddlers aboard, we auto-piloted into rescue mode. A few of us hoisted the stranger into our vessel. Others began the painstaking process of surfacing and purging […]

Posted inNews

Pulled Over on a Paddle Board

It’s happened to this writer twice. In the interest of being a true local, here’s how to avoid it
Avatar photo K.M. Collins

Poaching paddle spots is part of my recreation repertoire. Typically, I search Google maps, find a blue feature remotely in the vicinity of my driving route, identify a bridge on said waterway and use it as a put-in. It’s a simple equation… what could go wrong? In playing this Russian roulette paddle game, a shocking […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Cool Confections

The Barge caters to floaters seeking sweet treats
Avatar photo Erin Rook

Nothing says summer like a float down the river, or the sound of an ice cream truck crawling through neighborhoods playing a tinny rendition of “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” The Barge, which officially launched last weekend, combines those summer essentials with what is essentially a floating ice cream truck. Anchored just upstream from the […]

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